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| February 13th, 2008 (February 13 2008) | Event | Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and The Stolen Generations. | |
| February 13th, 2008 (February 13 2008) | Death | Roger Voisin, Trumpet player, Boston Symphony (born in 1918) | |
| February 13th, 2007 (February 13 2007) | Event | Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election. | |
| February 13th, 2007 (February 13 2007) | Death | Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (born in 1923) | |
| February 13th, 2007 (February 13 2007) | Death | Charlie Norwood, American politician (born in 1941) | |
| February 13th, 2007 (February 13 2007) | Death | Johanna Sallstrom, Swedish actress (born in 1974) | |
| February 13th, 2007 (February 13 2007) | Death | Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (born in 1922) | |
| February 13th, 2006 (February 13 2006) | Death | Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (born in 1946) | |
| February 13th, 2005 (February 13 2005) | Death | Nelson Briles, baseball player (born in 1943) | |
| February 13th, 2005 (February 13 2005) | Death | Lucia Santos, Carmelite nun and Fatima visionary (born in 1907) | |
| February 13th, 2005 (February 13 2005) | Death | Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (born in 1917) | |
| February 13th, 2005 (February 13 2005) | Death | Dick Weber, American professional bowler (born in 1929) | |
| February 13th, 2005 (February 13 2005) | Death | Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist (born in 1965) | |
| February 13th, 2004 (February 13 2004) | Event | The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovers the universe s largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. | |
| February 13th, 2004 (February 13 2004) | Death | Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Chechen leader (born in 1952) | |
| February 13th, 2003 (February 13 2003) | Death | Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (born in 1926) | |
| February 13th, 2003 (February 13 2003) | Death | Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (born in 1932) | |
| February 13th, 2003 (February 13 2003) | Death | Walt Rostow, U.S. government official (born in 1916) | |
| February 13th, 2002 (February 13 2002) | Death | Waylon Jennings, American musician (born in 1937) | |
| February 13th, 2001 (February 13 2001) | Event | An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400. | |
| February 13th, 2000 (February 13 2000) | Event | The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies. | Charles M. Schulz Quotes |
| February 13th, 2000 (February 13 2000) | Death | James Cooke Brown, American author and inventor (born in 1921) | James Brown Quotes |
| February 13th, 1997 (February 13 1997) | Event | The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 7,000 for the first time closing at 7,022.44. | |
| February 13th, 1997 (February 13 1997) | Death | Mark Krasnosel skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (born in 1920) | |
| February 13th, 1996 (February 13 1996) | Death | Martin Balsam, American actor (born in 1919) | |
| February 13th, 1992 (February 13 1992) | Death | Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (born in 1909) | |
| February 13th, 1991 (February 13 1991) | Event | Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy a bunker in Baghdadied in The bunker was being used as a military communications outpost and unknown to allied forces, as a shelter for Iraqi civilians. | |
| February 13th, 1991 (February 13 1991) | Death | Arno Breker, German sculptor (born in 1900) | |
| February 13th, 1990 (February 13 1990) | Event | German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany. | |
| February 13th, 1990 (February 13 1990) | Birth | Olivia Allison, British synchronized swimmer | |
| February 13th, 1989 (February 13 1989) | Birth | Carly McKillip, Canadian actress | |
| February 13th, 1989 (February 13 1989) | Birth | Rhys Palmer, Australian footballer | |
| February 13th, 1989 (February 13 1989) | Death | Wayne Hays, American politician (born in 1911) | |
| February 13th, 1986 (February 13 1986) | Birth | Luke Moore, English footballer | |
| February 13th, 1986 (February 13 1986) | Birth | Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player | |
| February 13th, 1985 (February 13 1985) | Birth | Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress | |
| February 13th, 1985 (February 13 1985) | Birth | Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer | |
| February 13th, 1985 (February 13 1985) | Birth | David Padgett, American basketball player | |
| February 13th, 1984 (February 13 1984) | Event | Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. | Konstantin Chernenko Quotes |
| February 13th, 1984 (February 13 1984) | Death | Andre Stander, South African police captain and bank robber (born in 1946) | |
| February 13th, 1982 (February 13 1982) | Birth | Michael Turner, Running Back for the San Diego Chargers | |
| February 13th, 1982 (February 13 1982) | Birth | Lanisha Cole, American model | |
| February 13th, 1981 (February 13 1981) | Event | A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky. | |
| February 13th, 1981 (February 13 1981) | Birth | Luisao, Brazilian footballer | |
| February 13th, 1981 (February 13 1981) | Birth | Liam Miller, Irish footballer | |
| February 13th, 1981 (February 13 1981) | Birth | Luke Ridnour, American basketball player | |
| February 13th, 1980 (February 13 1980) | Birth | Sebastian Kehl, German footballer | |
| February 13th, 1980 (February 13 1980) | Death | David Janssen, American actor (born in 1931) | |
| February 13th, 1979 (February 13 1979) | Event | An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. | |
| February 13th, 1979 (February 13 1979) | Birth | Rafael Marquez, Mexican footballer | |
| February 13th, 1979 (February 13 1979) | Birth | Mena Suvari, American actress | |
| February 13th, 1978 (February 13 1978) | Event | Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman. | |
| February 13th, 1978 (February 13 1978) | Birth | Mini Anden, Swedish model and actress | |
| February 13th, 1978 (February 13 1978) | Birth | Hamish Glencross, Scottish guitarist My Dying Bride | |
| February 13th, 1977 (February 13 1977) | Birth | Randy Moss, American football player | |
| February 13th, 1977 (February 13 1977) | Birth | Ben Collins, British racing driver | |
| February 13th, 1976 (February 13 1976) | Birth | Martin Sastre, Uruguayan artist | |
| February 13th, 1976 (February 13 1976) | Birth | Feist, Canadian singer and songwriter | |
| February 13th, 1976 (February 13 1976) | Birth | Dave Padden, Canadian musician (Annihilator) | |
| February 13th, 1976 (February 13 1976) | Death | Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian military leader (born in 1938) | |
| February 13th, 1976 (February 13 1976) | Death | Lily Pons, French-born soprano (born in 1904) | |
| February 13th, 1975 (February 13 1975) | Event | A fire erupts in the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. | |
| February 13th, 1975 (February 13 1975) | Birth | Ivan Gonzalez, Puerto Rican writer and musician | |
| February 13th, 1975 (February 13 1975) | Death | Andre Beaufre, French General (born in 1902) | |
| February 13th, 1974 (February 13 1974) | Event | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union. | |
| February 13th, 1974 (February 13 1974) | Birth | Gus Hansen, Danish professional poker player | |
| February 13th, 1974 (February 13 1974) | Birth | Robbie Williams, English singer | |
| February 13th, 1974 (February 13 1974) | Birth | Jeff Duran, American radio personality | |
| February 13th, 1972 (February 13 1972) | Birth | Charlie Garner, American football player | |
| February 13th, 1971 (February 13 1971) | Event | Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos. | |
| February 13th, 1971 (February 13 1971) | Birth | Sonia, British singer | |
| February 13th, 1971 (February 13 1971) | Birth | Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player | |
| February 13th, 1971 (February 13 1971) | Birth | Todd Williams, American baseball player | |
| February 13th, 1970 (February 13 1970) | Birth | Karoline Kruger, Norwegian singer | |
| February 13th, 1969 (February 13 1969) | Birth | Ahlam, Bahraini singer | |
| February 13th, 1968 (February 13 1968) | Birth | Kelly Hu, American actress | |
| February 13th, 1968 (February 13 1968) | Death | Mae Marsh, American actress (born in 1895) | |
| February 13th, 1967 (February 13 1967) | Birth | Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer and coach | |
| February 13th, 1966 (February 13 1966) | Birth | Jeff Waters, Canadian musician (Annihilator) | |
| February 13th, 1964 (February 13 1964) | Birth | Mark Patton, American actor | |
| February 13th, 1964 (February 13 1964) | Birth | Ylva Johansson, Swedish politician | |
| February 13th, 1964 (February 13 1964) | Death | Werner Heyde, German psyhiatrist (born in 1902) | |
| February 13th, 1962 (February 13 1962) | Birth | Anibal Acevedo Vila, American politician | |
| February 13th, 1961 (February 13 1961) | Birth | Henry Rollins, American musician | |
| February 13th, 1961 (February 13 1961) | Birth | Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player and coach | |
| February 13th, 1960 (February 13 1960) | Event | Nuclear testing: France tests its first atomic bomb. | |
| February 13th, 1960 (February 13 1960) | Birth | Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee | |
| February 13th, 1960 (February 13 1960) | Birth | Gary Patterson, American football coach | |
| February 13th, 1960 (February 13 1960) | Birth | Matt Salinger, American actor | |
| February 13th, 1960 (February 13 1960) | Birth | Artur Yusupov, Russian-German chess player | |
| February 13th, 1959 (February 13 1959) | Birth | Gaston Gingras, National Hockey League defenceman | |
| February 13th, 1959 (February 13 1959) | Birth | Gord Hampson, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 13th, 1958 (February 13 1958) | Birth | Pernilla August, Swedish actress | |
| February 13th, 1958 (February 13 1958) | Birth | Marc Emery, Canadian cannabis activist | |
| February 13th, 1958 (February 13 1958) | Birth | Derek Riggs, British artist | |
| February 13th, 1958 (February 13 1958) | Birth | Tip Tipping, British actor and stuntman (died in 1993) | |
| February 13th, 1958 (February 13 1958) | Death | Georges Rouault, French painter (born in 1871) | |
| February 13th, 1958 (February 13 1958) | Death | Dame Christabel Pankhurst, a leading suffragette (English) "Queen of the mob" (b.1880) | |
| February 13th, 1957 (February 13 1957) | Birth | Denise Austin, American fitness expert | |
| February 13th, 1956 (February 13 1956) | Birth | Peter Hook, English bassist (Joy Division and New Order) | |
| February 13th, 1956 (February 13 1956) | Birth | Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian runner | |
| February 13th, 1956 (February 13 1956) | Birth | Princess Alia bint Al Hussein, Jordanian Royal Family member | |
| February 13th, 1956 (February 13 1956) | Birth | Liam Brady, Irish footballer | |
| February 13th, 1955 (February 13 1955) | Event | Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls. | |
| February 13th, 1955 (February 13 1955) | Birth | Joe Birkett, American lawyer | |
| February 13th, 1954 (February 13 1954) | Birth | Donnie Moore, American baseball player (died in 1989) | |
| February 13th, 1953 (February 13 1953) | Birth | Rico J. Puno, Filipino pop singer | |
| February 13th, 1952 (February 13 1952) | Birth | Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist | |
| February 13th, 1952 (February 13 1952) | Death | Josephine Tey, English author (born in 1896) | |
| February 13th, 1951 (February 13 1951) | Birth | Greg Fulginiti, American mastering engineer | |
| February 13th, 1951 (February 13 1951) | Birth | David Naughton, American actor and singer | |
| February 13th, 1951 (February 13 1951) | Death | Lloyd C. Douglas, American author (born in 1877) | |
| February 13th, 1950 (February 13 1950) | Birth | Peter Gabriel, English musician (Genesis), composer and humanitarian | Peter Gabriel Quotes |
| February 13th, 1950 (February 13 1950) | Death | Rafael Sabatini, Italian author (born in 1875) | |
| February 13th, 1947 (February 13 1947) | Birth | Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach | |
| February 13th, 1946 (February 13 1946) | Birth | Louis Kondos, Greek actor | |
| February 13th, 1946 (February 13 1946) | Birth | Colin Matthews, British composer | |
| February 13th, 1945 (February 13 1945) | Event | World War II: Red Army forces take Budapest, Hungary from Wehrmacht forces. | |
| February 13th, 1945 (February 13 1945) | Event | World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment (see Bombing of Dresden in World War II). | |
| February 13th, 1945 (February 13 1945) | Birth | King Floyd, American musician (died in 2006) | |
| February 13th, 1945 (February 13 1945) | Birth | David Tremlett, English Artist | |
| February 13th, 1944 (February 13 1944) | Birth | Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (died in 1983) | |
| February 13th, 1944 (February 13 1944) | Birth | Stockard Channing, American actress | |
| February 13th, 1944 (February 13 1944) | Birth | Jerry Springer, American television host | |
| February 13th, 1944 (February 13 1944) | Birth | Bo Svenson, Swedish-born actor | |
| February 13th, 1944 (February 13 1944) | Birth | Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (died in 2006) | |
| February 13th, 1943 (February 13 1943) | Birth | Geoff Edwards, American game show host | |
| February 13th, 1942 (February 13 1942) | Birth | Carol Lynley, American actress | |
| February 13th, 1942 (February 13 1942) | Birth | Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees) | |
| February 13th, 1942 (February 13 1942) | Death | Epitacio Pessoa, Brazilian president (born in 1865) | |
| February 13th, 1941 (February 13 1941) | Birth | Andrea Conte, First Lady of Tennessee | |
| February 13th, 1941 (February 13 1941) | Birth | Sigmar Polke, German painter | |
| February 13th, 1939 (February 13 1939) | Birth | Beate Klarsfeld, German Nazi hunter | |
| February 13th, 1938 (February 13 1938) | Birth | Oliver Reed, English actor (died in 1999) | |
| February 13th, 1937 (February 13 1937) | Birth | Ali El-Maak, Sudanese writer (died in 1992) | |
| February 13th, 1935 (February 13 1935) | Event | A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh. | |
| February 13th, 1935 (February 13 1935) | Birth | Dr. Don Panoz, American entrepreneur and motorsports impresario (ALMS) | |
| February 13th, 1934 (February 13 1934) | Event | The Soviet steamship Cheliuskin sinks in the Arctic Ocean. | |
| February 13th, 1934 (February 13 1934) | Birth | George Segal, American actor | |
| February 13th, 1933 (February 13 1933) | Birth | Paul Biya, Cameroon politician | |
| February 13th, 1933 (February 13 1933) | Birth | Costa Gavras, Greek-French filmmaker | |
| February 13th, 1933 (February 13 1933) | Birth | Kim Novak, American actress | |
| February 13th, 1933 (February 13 1933) | Birth | Caroline Blakiston, British actress | |
| February 13th, 1932 (February 13 1932) | Birth | Susan Oliver, American actress (died in 1990) | |
| February 13th, 1930 (February 13 1930) | Birth | Ernst Fuchs, Austrian artist | |
| February 13th, 1929 (February 13 1929) | Birth | Omar Torrijos, Panamanian ruler (died in 1981) | |
| February 13th, 1928 (February 13 1928) | Birth | Dorothy McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters) | |
| February 13th, 1924 (February 13 1924) | Birth | Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist (died in 2006) | |
| February 13th, 1923 (February 13 1923) | Birth | Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician (died in 2002) | |
| February 13th, 1923 (February 13 1923) | Birth | Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese violinist (died in 2003) | |
| February 13th, 1923 (February 13 1923) | Birth | Chuck Yeager, American fighter and test pilot | Chuck D Quotes |
| February 13th, 1922 (February 13 1922) | Birth | Francis Pym, British Foreign Secretary 1982-83 | |
| February 13th, 1922 (February 13 1922) | Birth | Gordon Tullock, American economist | |
| February 13th, 1920 (February 13 1920) | Event | The Negro National League is formed. | |
| February 13th, 1920 (February 13 1920) | Birth | Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (died in 1987) | |
| February 13th, 1920 (February 13 1920) | Birth | Eileen Farrell, American opera soprano (died in 2002) | |
| February 13th, 1919 (February 13 1919) | Birth | Tennessee Ernie Ford, American musician (died in 1991) | |
| February 13th, 1919 (February 13 1919) | Birth | Eddie Robinson, American football coach (died in 2007) | |
| February 13th, 1918 (February 13 1918) | Birth | Patty Berg, American golfer (died in 2006) | |
| February 13th, 1915 (February 13 1915) | Birth | Aung San, Burmese general and politician (died in 1947) | |
| February 13th, 1915 (February 13 1915) | Birth | Lyle Bettger, American actor (died in 2003) | |
| February 13th, 1914 (February 13 1914) | Event | Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members. | |
| February 13th, 1911 (February 13 1911) | Birth | Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani Urdu poet, Lenin Peace Prize winner (died in 1984) | |
| February 13th, 1910 (February 13 1910) | Birth | William Shockley, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Laureate (died in 1989) | |
| February 13th, 1907 (February 13 1907) | Birth | Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (died in 2004) | |
| February 13th, 1906 (February 13 1906) | Birth | Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (died in 1994) | Philo Quotes |
| February 13th, 1906 (February 13 1906) | Death | Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (born in 1866) | |
| February 13th, 1905 (February 13 1905) | Death | Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (born in 1844) | |
| February 13th, 1903 (February 13 1903) | Birth | Georges Simenon, Belgian writer (died in 1989) | |
| February 13th, 1899 (February 13 1899) | Event | Tallahassee, Florida records its all time coldest temperature of -2 degrees Fahrenheit. | |
| February 13th, 1894 (February 13 1894) | Event | Auguste and Louis Lumiere patent the Cinematographe, a combination movie camera and projector. | |
| February 13th, 1891 (February 13 1891) | Birth | Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (died in 1985) | |
| February 13th, 1891 (February 13 1891) | Birth | Grant Wood, American painter (died in 1942) | |
| February 13th, 1889 (February 13 1889) | Death | Joao Mauricio Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (born in 1885) | |
| February 13th, 1888 (February 13 1888) | Death | Jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (born in 1814) | |
| February 13th, 1885 (February 13 1885) | Birth | Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States, wife of President Harry S. Truman (died in 1982) | Harry S. Truman Quotes |
| February 13th, 1884 (February 13 1884) | Birth | Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman (died in 1961) | |
| February 13th, 1883 (February 13 1883) | Death | Richard Wagner, German composer (born in 1813) | Richard Wagner Quotes |
| February 13th, 1881 (February 13 1881) | Event | The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert. | |
| February 13th, 1881 (February 13 1881) | Birth | Eleanor Farjeon, English author (died in 1965) | Eleanor Farjeon Quotes |
| February 13th, 1880 (February 13 1880) | Event | Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels s primary river and creating the modern central boulevards. | |
| February 13th, 1880 (February 13 1880) | Event | Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect. | |
| February 13th, 1879 (February 13 1879) | Birth | Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (died in 1949) | |
| February 13th, 1876 (February 13 1876) | Birth | Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player (died in 1933) | |
| February 13th, 1873 (February 13 1873) | Birth | Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (died in 1938) | |
| February 13th, 1866 (February 13 1866) | Event | Jesse James and his gang commit the first armed bank robbery in United States history during peacetime in Liberty, Missouri. | |
| February 13th, 1855 (February 13 1855) | Birth | Paul Deschanel, French President (died in 1922) | |
| February 13th, 1845 (February 13 1845) | Death | Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher (born in 1773) | Philo Quotes |
| February 13th, 1837 (February 13 1837) | Death | Mariano Jose de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (born in 1809 | |
| February 13th, 1835 (February 13 1835) | Birth | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (died in 1908) | |
| February 13th, 1826 (February 13 1826) | Death | Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (born in 1745) | |
| February 13th, 1818 (February 13 1818) | Death | George Rogers Clark, American military leader (born in 1752) | George Ade Quotes |
| February 13th, 1815 (February 13 1815) | Event | The Cambridge Union Society is founded. | |
| February 13th, 1813 (February 13 1813) | Death | Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (born in 1725) | |
| February 13th, 1805 (February 13 1805) | Birth | Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (died in 1859) | |
| February 13th, 1787 (February 13 1787) | Death | Ruder Boskovic, Croatian scientist and diplomat (born in 1711) | |
| February 13th, 1787 (February 13 1787) | Death | Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat (born in 1717) | |
| February 13th, 1769 (February 13 1769) | Birth | Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (died in 1844) | |
| February 13th, 1768 (February 13 1768) | Birth | Edouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (died in 1835) | |
| February 13th, 1766 (February 13 1766) | Birth | Thomas Robert Malthus, English demographer and political economist (died in 1834) | Thomas Malthus Quotes |
| February 13th, 1743 (February 13 1743) | Birth | Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist (died in 1820) | |
| February 13th, 1732 (February 13 1732) | Death | Charles-Rene d Hozier, French historian (born in 1640) | |
| February 13th, 1728 (February 13 1728) | Birth | John Hunter, Scottish surgeon (died in 1793) | John Scott Quotes |
| February 13th, 1728 (February 13 1728) | Death | Cotton Mather, American Puritan minister (born in 1663) | |
| February 13th, 1727 (February 13 1727) | Death | William Wotton, English scholar (born in 1666) | |
| February 13th, 1721 (February 13 1721) | Birth | John Reid, British army general and composer (died in 1807) | |
| February 13th, 1692 (February 13 1692) | Event | Massacre of Glencoe : About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange. | William King Quotes |
| February 13th, 1689 (February 13 1689) | Event | William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. | |
| February 13th, 1683 (February 13 1683) | Birth | Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter and Fortune teller (died in 1754) | |
| February 13th, 1672 (February 13 1672) | Birth | Etienne Francois Geoffroy, French chemist (died in 1731) | |
| February 13th, 1668 (February 13 1668) | Event | Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent nation. | |
| February 13th, 1662 (February 13 1662) | Death | Elizabeth Stuart (born in 1596) | |
| February 13th, 1660 (February 13 1660) | Death | King Charles X of Sweden (born in 1622) | |
| February 13th, 1657 (February 13 1657) | Death | Miles Sindercombe, attempted assassin of Oliver Cromwell | Oliver Cromwell Quotes |
| February 13th, 1635 (February 13 1635) | Event | The first public school in the U.S., Boston Latin School, is founded. | |
| February 13th, 1633 (February 13 1633) | Event | Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. | Galileo Galilei Quotes |
| February 13th, 1624 (February 13 1624) | Death | Stephen Gosson, English satirist (born in 1554) | |
| February 13th, 1608 (February 13 1608) | Death | Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Lithuanian prince (born in 1526) | |
| February 13th, 1602 (February 13 1602) | Death | Alexander Nowell, English clergyman | |
| February 13th, 1600 (February 13 1600) | Death | Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (born in 1538) | |
| February 13th, 1599 (February 13 1599) | Birth | Pope Alexander VII (died in 1667) | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| February 13th, 1592 (February 13 1592) | Death | Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter | |
| February 13th, 1585 (February 13 1585) | Death | Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (born in 1515) | |
| February 13th, 1575 (February 13 1575) | Event | Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims. | |
| February 13th, 1575 (February 13 1575) | Event | Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudemont. | |
| February 13th, 1571 (February 13 1571) | Death | Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (born in 1500) | |
| February 13th, 1542 (February 13 1542) | Event | Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| February 13th, 1542 (February 13 1542) | Death | Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (executed) (born in 1525) | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| February 13th, 1539 (February 13 1539) | Death | Isabella d Este, Marquise of Mantua (born in 1474) | |
| February 13th, 1503 (February 13 1503) | Event | Disfida di BarlettaFamous challenge between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta. | |
| February 13th, 1480 (February 13 1480) | Birth | Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (died in 1542) | |
| February 13th, 1457 (February 13 1457) | Birth | Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1482) | |
| February 13th, 1332 (February 13 1332) | Death | Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (born in 1259) | |
| February 13th, 1258 (February 13 1258) | Event | Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed. | |
| February 13th, 1219 (February 13 1219) | Death | Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (born in 1192) | |
| February 13th, 1141 (February 13 1141) | Death | Bela II of Hungary (born in 1110) | |
| February 13th, 1130 (February 13 1130) | Death | Pope Honorius II | |
| February 13th, 0858 (February 13 0858) | Death | Kenneth I of Scotland | |
